Re: statute of limitiations on felony theft warrants

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These things only get worse. She's got to deal with it
because she could fail to signal for a left turn, get
stopped and then she'd be in jail for a while until someone
decides what to do with her. Warrants never die. She'd best
deal with it, and to do that she's going to need the
services of a competent criminal lawyer in the original
jurisdiction.

On 2/16/06, shelly wrote:
> a friend of mine made a rental agreement to purchase
> furniture, after making a year of payments, she relocated
> to another state, not realizing the clause in her contract
> that stated she could not move the merch. out of state
> until it was paid in full. She was upset, offered to keep
> paying monthy and was refused by the company. She took
> the merch. with her and there after a warrant was issued
> for theft, valued at a little over $4000.00, state of (GA).
> She did not appear at court. Is there a statute of
> limitations for this type of crime or should she turn
> herself in and hope maybe the courts will accept some type
> of arrangements for payment? If she turns herself in,
> what is likely to happen, she lives 1200 miles away and
> needs to fix this problem in order to secure proper
> employment. Any help would be appreciated